Nestle worker and union activist killed by paramilitary in western Colombia [View all]
Source: Colombia Reports
Nestle worker and union activist killed by paramilitary in western Colombia
posted by Philipp Zwehl
Nov 12, 2013
A Nestle worker and activist of the food union Sinaltrainal has been killed on Saturday in suspected paramilitary attack in the town of Bugalagrande in western Colombia, according to media and human rights groups.
Oscar Lopez, who worked for Nestle for more than 25 years, was killed in a bar by unknown gunmen on Saturday night. Lopez, as an active member of the union, had been involved in the long lasting dispute about union rights between Nestle and Sinaltrainal.
In the protest, some activists had started a hunger strike in October, which was paused momentarily because of threats, but resumed on November 5th.
Last Friday, several activists received threatening text messages saying, “you still are bothering Nestle, now there will be no more mercy! We are going to chop you up. Death to all communists of Sinaltrainal!”
Read more: http://colombiareports.co/nestle-worker-union-activist-killed-receiving-threats-paramilitary-western-colombia/
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